Brick



(No Model.)

W. HEARD. BRICK.

Patented Mar. 17,. 1885.

WITNESSES:

C-Mu/ mvnmom BY MIA/M44. I

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

'WiLLIAM HEARD,-. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. I

' "BRICK;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ii'o. 314,022. dated March 17, l8 85.'

Application filed August- 29, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEARD, of

Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvcment in Bricks, 'of which the following is a ful1,clear. and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying ,drawings, tbrminga part of thisspecitication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figurel is a perspective view of one of my i rpnn'izdhricks... Fig. 2 is aplan. viemofa brick, showing another arrangement of the grooves. Fig. 3'is a side elevation of the brick i shown'in Fig. 2.

' Theobject of this invention is to provide; bricks made in such a manner that they will form a stronger and better wall and can be dried anil burned in less time'and with less fuel than ordinary bricks. I

,The invention c'onsistsi'n bricksinade with one or more perforations and one or more side grooves, as will be hereina'f In making my improved bricks A they are molded with one or more perforations, B, through them from side to side, and with one or more grooves, 0, in one or more sides. perforations B can be inthe centers of the bricks A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or through any desired part, and maybe in such positions as to open into can extend across, the bricks longitudinally and transversely, as shown'in Fig. 1, or dia'gonally, as shown in Fig. 2, or inany desired direction, and can extend across the bricks placed in the kiln to be burned, the perfoi-a 'fuel than ordinary bricks.

rial, so that the expense of making the bricks ter fully described.

The,

a groove 0. The grooves 0' from edge to edge, as shown in the drawings, or partly across the said bricks, as may be dev .sired.

. With this construction, when the bricks are 0 tions B and grooves 0 allow hot air and the products of combustion to circulate freely between 'the bricks, so that the said bricks will be burned quicker, more evenly, and with less 7 With this constructiomwhen the bricks are lmiltieteawalhthembrtar will fill the grooves 0 and project into or fill the so that the mortar, when set, will .key the bricks together, and thus form a stronger and perforations B,

better wall than ordinary bricks.

These improved bricks can be molded as easily and quickly as ordinary bricks and in the same manner, and will require less matewill be lessened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 4 I An improved brick provided with an aperture, B, and intersecting grooves 0,,sub-

stantiallyas described.

2. A brick provided with thecentral ap--' erture, B,'and the longitudinal and transverse H grooves C'on one of its faces, substantially as herein shown and described.

.WILLIAMHEARDJ, Witnesses: 1

JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEnGwIoK. V 

